July 3, 2017

Drugs and Pharmacy on Stamps

Summary: The history of pharmacy and materia medica on stamps. Abstract: The profession of pharmacy has a proud heritage, and an unequalled record of service to humanity almost as old…

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July 3, 2017

A Collector’s Guide to Prescription Vials and Bottles

Summary: Pharmacy glassware from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Abstract: The primary sources of information on pharmaceutical glassware are the catalogues of both the glassware manufacturers and the wholesale…

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July 3, 2017

Shop Bottles: Another Mirror of the Practice of Pharmacy

Summary: Shop bottles in 19th-century American pharmacy. Abstract: Shop bottles are generally among the most commonplace of all pharmacy glassware. That may be why they have received little discussion despite…

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